I am not sure HOW GOOD Givens is…Idk that he will be best availible at that point. I wouldnt want to draf t on need. I have only seen video on a few of these guys.

I cant imagine Green or Strasburg falling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB10lsrlpBQ

some video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mko0FZv5jXY

I am less than impressed

If signability is a concern, then the kid, or his advisers, are dumb. Last year’s 7th pick signed for around 2 mil, and 6 and 8 were within a half a mil of that. You pretty much know what you’re gonna get at the top of the draft, and it’s a lot of money. I also don’t see the Braves as a team that shys away from unsignable guys, they’ve had a pretty good history of getting them to sign in the past.

Alright, you’ve actually made me retract my signability statement, since the Braves would never draft a guy that high who held out last year like Crow did.

I will stick by the other stuff, the Braves will take the best player, and do what they need to to sign him. If that means going over slot, or even a ML deal, then I still think they’ll do it.

his avg shouldnt be that big of a concern.. obviously it would be nice to see it higher, but if he contineus to post a 350 OBP and an OPS around 850 ( i know he was below that this pst year)… he will play at 3B… IMHO

obviously he needs to control the Ks and it would be nice if he could hit for contact a little better, but its not necessarily a need.

Also The Beach might have had something to do with his low avg. Maybe not as much as his incredible strike out rates, but still he has some room to grow but I doubt he will ever hit much higher than 250 or so, but with some power.

i just ate a grape and i JIZZ IN MY PANTS

I will be skipping out of work early to see the Heels play VMI in 40-degree weather

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I understand your point about threads getting hi-jacked, sometimes it is frustrating, but you completely lost me here:

Most of the good commenters have dropped off because there are way too many posts about the same junk…17483, messenger, yondaime, etc YOU ARE KILLING IT FOR US!

First, I surprised that you openly called out some of the more knowledgeable commenter’s on the site. I would love to hear your explanation of how they’re “KILLING IT FOR US!”? I would also theorize that if your comment is true and they have left due to “too man posts about the same junk” the reason isn’t due to those you’ve called out. There has been a wave of new sign-ups lately and when that happens it takes time for those new users to “learn the ropes” so to speak. Though I will agree it has been uncomfortably similar to DOB’s blog commenter’s lately, give it time – it’ll all work out.

i still need clarification here? Did I just get blasted or commended, because i definitely haven’t been posting lately. Just sayin

I think the Braves do have a precedent of taking the player they want though…case in point is Jeff Francoeur. We payed him a lot of money to not go to Clemson and chase football. I think if there is a player our scouting director likes and he’s there, we’ll take him.

but most of the 2009 guys I just hear about through BA and BP and Keith Law and then try to find video on them so I can have my own opinion.

Bobby Borching I havent heard of but that dosent mean he is not good.

I am heading off to see the GA Tech opener…Derek Deitrich (SS) look to be a top 10 pick in 2010.

If he can stick at 3B he could go in the first round..lots of power and is a switch hitter. Baseball America has him ranked at the 20th best prospect as of right now going into the draft.

throw 3 million at a kid and sometimes things change. he might really want to play both at UNC and wouldnt blame him..usually that stuff comes out around may

People don’t turn down millions and millions, unless they’re stupid. I’m going to assume, until I’m proven wrong, that this Tate kid isn’t stupid.

yeah he was my suitemate freshman year and i was david perkins roomate…he moved off campus after freshman year like everyone else lol

I read today Bobby might make the team out of spring training.